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      "url":"https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=294179",
      "title":"Chrome bug"
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      "title":"Firefox bug, highlights comment that confirms note #4"
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      "title":"WebKit feature request bug"
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      "url":"https://dev.to/masakudamatsu/favicon-nightmare-how-to-maintain-sanity-3al7",
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  "notes":"Favicon support is a complicated topic. See [this guide](https://dev.to/masakudamatsu/favicon-nightmare-how-to-maintain-sanity-3al7) for more information.\r\n\r\nSee also [PNG favicons](/link-icon-png).",
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    "1":"Does not use favicons at all (but may have alternative for bookmarks, etc.).",
    "2":"Partial support in Firefox before version 41 refers to only loading the SVG favicon the first time, but not [on subsequent loads](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366324#c14).",
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    "5":"Chromium browsers serve the SVG in [secure static mode](https://svgwg.org/svg2-draft/conform.html#secure-static-mode), but apply SMIL animations using the document start time (0)."
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